Psychiatry Is Not a Death Penalty Anymore

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i remember when magic johnson was announced to have as ana. Es, it's not a death sentence any more. We can't absolutely cure it, but we can make it a manageable chronic diseasee. The problem is, the symptomatic treatments we have in psychiatry aren't nearly as powerful as the drugs we have for as or oras asolenis. It would be nice if we were working towards better treatment, but that seems to have reached a dead end for the moment.

Despite our efforts, we seem to be no better at treating mental illness than we were hundreds of years ago. Desperate Remedies author Andrew Scull joins Adam to explain why, on the way touching on the history of lobotomization, the collapse of psychoanalysis, and why our current regime of pharmaceutical intervention might not be all it’s cracked up to be. You can purchase Andrew's book here: https://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.